Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) Specs Comparison

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Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020)
Released · May 14, 2020
Released · Apr 27, 2020
8.0-inch · 1280x800px
8.4-inch · 1920x1200px
Single camera
Single camera
2GB · 32GB
3GB · 32GB
5000 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
May 13, 2020 Mar 25, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
$90 $240

Design

Dimensions
7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches
202 x 137 x 9.7 mm
7.95 x 4.93 x 0.28 inches
201.9 x 125.2 x 7.1 mm
Weight
12.52 oz / 355.0 g 10.9 oz / 309.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
2D Face unlock
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
White, Black, Twilight blue, Plum Mocha

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 67.13% screen-to-body 8.4-inch, 80.91% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD TFT
Resolution
1280x800px, 16:10 ratio, 189 PPI 1920x1200px, 16:10 ratio, 270 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT8168 (12 nm) Samsung Exynos 7904 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core
2000 MHz
Arm Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2x1.8GHz Cortex-A73
6x1.GH​z Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali G52 MC1 Mali-G71 MP2
Memory
2GB/32GB
2GB/64GB
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1000 GB microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie) Android (9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
2 MP 8 MP (Autofocus)
Aperture size: F1.9
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Video recording
720p 1080p (30 fps)
Front
2 MP 5 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS GPS, Glonass
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync ANT+

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers Multiple speakers
Features
Dolby Atmos Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20, 66
3G Bands
1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM

Alternative variants

with 64GB storage
Memory 64GB
Prices (MSRP) $120
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